Prompt: The Reality Check

Wanna know why your idea/product might fail? Use this prompt to spot blind spots before you build or launch.

Prompt / skill content

Act as a tech journalist writing a news-style post-mortem. The product below failed 18 months after launch.

Write a short fake news article summarizing:

List 10 clear reasons why the product failed.

Here’s the product description: 🔥 fill the details of your project below 🔥

Product in 1 sentence What are you building, and what does it help someone do?

Target user Who exactly is it for? (role + context + type of customer)

Problem What painful problem are they dealing with today?

When it happens When does this problem show up the most? (specific moment or situation)

Solution features What does the product do? (3 to 6 features in plain language)

Current alternatives What do they use instead today? (tools, workarounds, “do nothing”)

Why better / different Why would someone choose this over the alternatives?

User flow (3 steps) What are the 3 main steps a user takes from start to success?

Outcome What changes for the user after using it? What’s the win?

Pricing model How do you make money? (subscription, one-time, usage-based, etc.)

Biggest assumption What must be true for this idea to work at all?